Re: Re: Re: KRUGMAN WATCH: foreign take-overs & foreign aid

[michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I am a professional economist who just finished going through the latest
American Economic Review.  It was actually more interesting than most, but
I would put Prof. Berra (not to be confused with Barro) up there with the
most prominent of them.


What about "If you can't imitate him, don't copy him."


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> Michael Perelman wrote:
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> > Jim Devine is wrong!!!
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> > Yogi Berra is a wonderful philosopher.  How about his: ""You can observe a lot
> > just by watchin'."
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> Yes, but that hasn't been copied so many times as deja etc. I agree with Jim on
> that. And the observation comment isn't necessarily redundant. It is possible to
> watch without observing, so Berra could be considered to have made a positive
> (i.e., debatable) assertion.
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> Carrol
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